Thorn

Cover art by Glenn Hastings.

EUROPE, 500 YEARS AGO:

Vlad Tepes, Prince of Wallachia, hunts royal prey – a renegade Princess. Ordered to kill the woman, he tracks her across the continent – but finding her, Dracula loses his heart.

THE UNITED STATES, TODAY:

Undead, Vlad Tepes hunts the murderous art thieves who have stolen the portrait of his lost love. But the thieves are after more than art – from the Master Vampire they would steal the very secrets of life – and death!

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The Wolf Approached...

Mary was no longer there. Her mortal form, or what was left of it, had been blown clear of the vehicle on its far side.

A wolf's teeth closed on her hair, and on what was left of the collar of her shirt. She was dragged away from the fire, to a distance where its flames were no longer hot enough to burn...

Thorn closed his eyes, and willed the double-fang growth in his upper jaw. Then he crouched lower over the girl, bending till his lips touched her charred flesh. In a moment he had tasted of her living blood.